It will come as little solace to the Government that Ireland is not among the countries selected by US president Donald Trump for his latest round of tariff threats, this time relating to Greenland.
The move threatens to upend the EU/US trade deal agreed last year and spark a European reaction with moves to hit American products and companies. If this develops, Ireland cannot avoid being caught up in it.
Trump has said he will impose 10 per cent tariffs on all products coming from France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland from the start of Febr
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